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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How many calories/gram is protein?
hemoglobin
4 calories/gram
can consume more calories without weight gain
hemorrhage
2. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
18-25
2 cups
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
3. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
fat soluble vitamins
starches - sugars - and cellulose
one tspn salt or less
protein and fat
4. What type of people need extra protein?
dairy and fortified foods
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
5. What is the function of vitamin E?
5.5 ounces/day
B and C
antioxidant - immune function
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
6. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
one week period
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
7. When does BMR increase?
carrots and sweet potatoes
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
300 cal/day increase
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
8. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
B and C
antioxidant - immune function
fat soluble vitamins
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
9. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
low albumin levels < 3.4
liver and intestinal synthesis
300 cal/day increase
10. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
3 cups
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
4 calories/gram
11. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
albumin levels
vitamin C - citrus fruits
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
milk - enriched grains
12. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
18-25
dairy and fortified foods
day week or month
13. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
low albumin levels < 3.4
500 cal/day
vitamin C - citrus fruits
2.5 cups
14. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
500 cal/day
TPN total parenteral nutrition
apple is higher risk than a pear
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
15. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
6 oz. a day
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
liver and intestinal synthesis
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
16. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
4 calories/gram
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
atrophy or wasting of muscle
17. The higher the BMR a client has --
can consume more calories without weight gain
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
18. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
milk - enriched grains
diet recall
19. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
5.5 ounces/day
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
diet recall
20. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
300 cal/day increase
fat soluble vitamins
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
21. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
dark green - orange - drybeans
5.5 ounces/day
carrots and sweet potatoes
22. Where can you get more vitamin D?
transferrin
protein
dairy and fortified foods
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
23. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
one tspn salt or less
trans fatty acid
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
24. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
3 cups
prealbumin levels
2 cups
antioxidant - immune function
25. What is the function of vitamin C?
dark green - orange - drybeans
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
antioxidant - immune function
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
26. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
fats
day week or month
hemoglobin
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
27. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
diet recall
protein
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
28. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
essential amino acids
protein
vitamin K
29. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
transferrin
dietary approach to stop hypertension
review of systems
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
30. What is normal albumin levels?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
31. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
protein
500 cal/day
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
4 calories/gram
32. What is normal BMI?
300 cal/day increase
18-25
antioxidant - immune function
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
33. Name six sources of grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
5.5 ounces/day
fats
500 cal/day
34. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
protein and fat
18-25
vitamin C - citrus fruits
carrots and sweet potatoes
35. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
36. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
albumin levels
cream cheese - cream or butter
37. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
fat soluble vitamins
protein and fat
atrophy or wasting of muscle
38. Fats can lead to some medical problems
2.5 cups
dark green - orange - drybeans
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
39. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
dairy and fortified foods
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
protein
decrease in total lymphocyte count
40. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
diet recall
prealbumin levels
hemoglobin
41. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
prealbumin levels
antioxidant - immune function
hemorrhage
one week period
42. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
hemoglobin
one tspn salt or less
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
43. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
antioxidant - immune function
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
44. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
review of systems
diet recall
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
45. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
carrots and sweet potatoes
antioxidant - immune function
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
46. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
trans fatty acid
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
47. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
diet recall
liver and intestinal synthesis
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
decrease in total lymphocyte count
48. What are healthy sources of fats?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
hemorrhage
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
49. What function is vitamin D?
milk - enriched grains
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
can consume more calories without weight gain
50. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
2.5 cups
albumin levels
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
liver and intestinal synthesis